Brother Bernard Seif, SMC, EdD, DNM
Brother / Doctor Bernard Seif, SMC, EdD, DNM is a Christian monk with private monastic vows in the Roman Catholic and Salesian traditions. He is also vowed and knighted in the Sacred Medical Order of the Knights of Hope and a member of the Pastoral Medical Association. Brother Bernard is a clinical psychologist, board certified in behavioral medicine, and a Doctor of Natural Medicine specializing in Chinese Medicine. Doctor Seif has devoted almost half a century to immersing himself into the lives of the 16th Century French founders of his Salesian spiritual lineage, Jane de Chantal and Francis de Sales. Numerous trips to Asia, both for clinical training and charitable work, bring a depth and authenticity to his Chinese medical practice as well as to his writing. The presenter is an avid mystery reader, although he often prefers to listen to them on his mp3 player while hiking. This combination of spirituality and mystery blossomed into his Office of the Dead series of monastic mystery books.